What kind of rule changes have you folks tried at your tables, and how have they worked out for your games? Good? Bad?

Two of the houserules I implement for every campaign I run:

  1. No multiclassing until after 5th level, and no further multiclassing unless you have at least 5 levels in all your existing classes. I do this for two reasons, the first being to ensure that every character has access to extra attack/third level spells and slots/some other equivalent before they start dipping elsewhere, and to keep the munchkins at my table from taking multiple 1-3 level dips into classes just to set up a niche wombo combo. Even then, I’m pretty stringent on what I’ll allow from a storytelling perspective - I want to know what motivates your Paladin to dip into Warlock besides getting to use CHA for attack and damage modifiers.

  2. Instead of an ASI or a Feat, every ASI level gives a +1 and a feat. My players and I like this rule because it allows them to pick something fun at those levels instead of feeling obligated to dump straight into the primary stat, and encourages grabbing those fun half-feats like Actor or Linguist that would otherwise go by the wayside.

  • bionicjoey
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    1 year ago
    1. I ban the lucky feat

    2. Hexblade is allowed, but only at level 1. And once you have a level in Hexblade, you are forbidden from multiclassing.

    3. Any game content that appeared in the SCAG is banned pending my approval.

    • LoamImprovement@ttrpg.networkOP
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      1 year ago

      Yep, lucky is too good and too ubiquitous for every player with access not to pick it up, it’s the exact opposite of feats like Weapon Master.

      Also banned some of the supplementary stuff at my table. cough strixhaven cough silvery barbs cough